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Report: European Parliament Screwed Up Their Chance To Amend Copyright Directive By Voting Wrong
The European Parliament approved a massive, sweeping overhaul of online copyright rules on Tuesday, leaving the extremely controversial Articles 11 and 13 untouched on as the EU Copyright Directive cruised through the legislative body. According to a report on TechDirt, they may have done so in part because several members of the European Parliament cast…
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Google Threatens Pulling News From EU As Disastrous Copyright Legislation Flounders
The European Union has spent the last year working on a controversial overhaul of its copyright laws and was scheduled to finalise the proposal on Monday. Lawmakers failed to come to an agreement and the legislation is stalled for the time being, but that hasn’t stopped Google from threatening to pull its News service from…
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The End Of All That’s Good And Pure About The Internet
We regret to inform you that the internet is on red alert once again. Tomorrow, the EU’s Legislative Committee will vote on sweeping measures that will upend the web in every way that we know it. Memes, news, Wikipedia, art, privacy, and the creative side of fandom are all at risk of being destroyed or…